Spotted this on the NW corner of Jackson and Clark, downtown Chicago. Assuming it’s something for wintertime, to prevent ice from building up… but in all my years living in the city, this is the first time I’ve seen any kind of sign like this.
You Are Listening To is a site that I heard about, many months ago… and remembered yesterday, out of the clear blue. I had it up for a part of the day, and it’s equal parts calming and unsettling.
About a month ago, I came across a stunning image of the Art Institute via Andrew Huff. The image itself is stunning – the building on its own, with little else visible in the background and Michigan Avenue looking barely more than a simple cobblestone street.
With all the unusually warm weather we’ve had lately in Chicago, it apparently caused a crazy amount of fog. Check out this incredibly cool time-lapse video, captured from the top of the Hancock by Craig Shimala.
The Chicago Neighborhoods is a design project by Steve Shanabruch where he’s looking to create a logo for each of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods.
Last Thursday, I noticed these strange… things, set up along the sidewalk near State and Monroe. At first glance, I thought they were lights of some kind – tall stalks with pill-shaped lightbulbs at the tips.
On Saturday I participated in Journey to the End of the Night – an urban street game that consists of a large group of “runners,” who try to make it to checkpoints across Chicago while being pursued by “chasers.” Initially, the game starts off with way more runners than chasers. However – here’s the catch:…
Journey to the End of the Night, Saturday, May 7th, Welles Park @ 7:00 PM —————————UPDATE! I’ve posted up photos and a recap of the event.————————— Journey to the End of Night is a free street game where “runners” try to get to specific destinations across the city, all the while avoiding people who are…
Liz had to go to the post office after work. Since she gets off a little before I do, we made plans to meet outside the Jackson Blue Line stop. As I was walking up Dearborn, I heard a bit of commotion on the sidewalk. I looked up and saw a small group of people…
The Awesome Foundation provides grants to individuals for ideas that they think are… well… awesome. No strings attached, no requirements. You tell them your awesome idea, and they give you $1,000 to make it happen. The types of projects that qualify as awesome? It’s pretty open to interpretation: Awesome projects are not strictly defined, but…
I was up super early this morning, and headed to the gym around 6AM. While I did shovel out my spot yesterday, I didn’t go so far as to claim dibs on the space by putting a chair or two to save it. I did it briefly, when I first moved to Chicago… but haven’t…
Since we’re working from home today, Chris chatted with me on IM to ask if I wanted to meet up at Longman & Eagle for lunch. It was a short trek (despite the snow), and so Liz and I bundled up and made our way out around noon. A few smaller side streets had been…
Looking down the alley, I spotted a guy whose car was stuck. Not in a parking spot, not in a garage – the car was stuck right smack in the middle of the alley. From afar, I asked if I could take his photo and he said “Sure.” Then, he told me to wait and climbed up on top of his car with his snow shovel.
This is Logan Boulevard. See that patch of snow near the bottom of the photo? That’s the curb. I slid off into the street several times because the curb was buried underneath snow. Logan Boulevard is normally four lanes, but cars were only driving in the middle. So while I was walking around… I was inadvertently walking down the street without even knowing it.
It was definitely snowing and gusting a lot more than comes through in these photos. Though there wasn’t a lot of snow on the ground, it definitely was beginning to accumulate… and you could start to see traffic snarling up. Glad we got out of work early, and we were definitely glad to be home.